Canada’s Kylie Masse claimed yet another victory for the Toronto Titans with a win in the women’s 50-metre backstroke in International Swimming League (ISL) competition in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Saturday.
Matthias Mayer sped down the course in one minute 47.74 seconds to win the season-opening World Cup men’s downhill by 23-100ths of a second over Austrian teammate Vincent Kreichmayr on Saturday in Lake Louise, Alta. Switzerland’s Beat Feuz was third.
France’s government is offering to discuss some autonomy for the French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, which have been wracked by virus-related rioting and strikes that reflect long-running frustrations over inequality with the French mainland.